Seated Basketball

This one is a favorite because it requires strategy and teamwork. The game is divided up between two teams. The goal is to get a ball into a basket. This can be a basketball hoop, but I have found it just as fun playing it with laundry baskets placed on a table. Each player has their own chair and is played in rounds. At the beginning of a round, the players have a short amount of time to place their chairs in a position. Once placed, they are not allowed to move from their spot. They then must pass the ball to each other, without it getting intercepted by the opposing team. After each round the players become more strategic and shift from focusing on offense and defense. Whereas one round may consist of one team placing all their chairs around the opposing goal, they’ll quickly realize that they are unable to shoot from their location. Likewise, a team that has no one in the middle of the field is unable to make an adequate pass to their teammates. An interesting side effect of this game is the loner and unpopular student will often become the most passed to player. They are the ones that are open, because the opposing team neglects to place a chair next to them to guard.

Grog

You take apart a flashlight and hide the parts throughout the play area. One kid is the Grog, which is a monster that can freeze you in place by tagging you. Everyone has to work together to find the parts, assemble the flashlight, and shine it on the Grog to defeat “it.”

Are you thinking what I am thinking?

All you need is a group of 4+ people and a small cup. 

How to play: there is one player in the middle and that player will fill the cup with a little, or a lot of water, then they will choose a subject i.e. "Colors" and in his/her mind choose a specific one. Then the remaining players will take turns naming colors. The player who says the color that the player in the middle is thinking gets all the water in the cup surprisingly thrown/dumped/tossed all over them and now they are in the middle. They must now refill the cup and choose a different subject. Specifics may not be repeated or made up, any of the following must result in throwing/dumping/tossing of the water. Rules may be modified to group, just make sure to play fair and have fun.

Subject Suggestions:

Colors, Bands, Songs, States, People, Sports, Instruments, Food, Teams, Spices, Flowers, Countries, Candy, Games, Animals, ETC...

Blind Mans Bluff

It is a lot like tag, except for the person that is it, is blindfolded. We would play this all the time in my living room, until the person that was it, ran into our food all table and knocked a huge hole in our wall, after that we had to bring the game out side. If you do decide to play in a room, make sure it is brake proof first.

Bed Sheet Ping Pong

Split into even teams, with players holding a bed sheet at opposite ends. Place a ping pong ball in the middle, and move it about by raising or lowering the sheet.

• The goal of the game? To get the ball to fall off the sheet on the side of your opponent.

Who is it?

Stand in a circle. Blindfold a guest and have them stand in the middle.

• On ‘Go!’, they must reach out to the circle
• The first person they nab must answer “who is it?”, only in a weird voice
• If the blindfolded one guesses who this person is, the players swap for a new round

But if they guess incorrectly? The game continues until someone is caught.

Dominance

As in the animal kingdom my friend has created this game to declair dominance over everyone she meets. That game goes like this, you must make eye contact with someone and say out loud "challenge for dominance" and then you must hold eye contact until one person looks away. The person that looks away looses and the winner has dominance. Copywrite:SarahLeeJohnson